
Ground News Bias Checker: Uncover Media Bias on Firefox
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Want a second opinion on the news that you’re reading? Try out the Ground News Bias Checker - a Firefox add-on bringing the power of the world’s first news source comparison platform to your desktop.
Whenever you read a news article, The tool enables you to objectively see the political coverage bias of any story on the internet, and easily access a myriad of different perspectives on that very same story. You can see if the story is receiving balanced coverage, or is only being reported by news sources on the left and right. As seen below:
We used advisory from journalists to inform the design and functionality of the extension but made it user friendly enough that the average newsreader can use it. Whether your routine is to check in on Twitter, Facebook, or Reddit, Ground News can uncover the hidden bias in your news feed.
The browser add-on can:
Instantly tell you the media bias distribution of any story (% of coverage from sources on the left, right and center). The bias data is overlaid on your social media feed so you never have to disrupt your news browsing to see the underlying bias. Give you easy access to media bias data and other perspectives when you read an article on over 50,000+ news sites. With only one click, the extension enables you to access an aggregation of how other sources are reporting on the story. From here, you can easily compare how headlines and coverage differ among sources from across the political spectrum.
Ground News is an entirely new way to read daily breaking news stories. Now, you can get it anywhere you are online. On your phone, tablet and desktop.
Developed by a former NASA engineer, Ground News has helped over 100,000 users fight biased news and adopt a more balanced news diet.
See moreUser reviews
- Great concept and idea for identifying bias in news articles
- Offers multiple perspectives on news articles without having to browse many sites
- User-friendly layout in the main site
- Extension causes browser performance issues, including high CPU usage
- Privacy concerns regarding data access and tracking browsing history
- Multiple bugs and functionality issues reported by users
- Requires broad permissions that users feel are unnecessary
- Difficulty with logging in and retaining logged-in sessions
- Extension breaks formatting on certain websites like Reddit
- Extension reportedly sends user URLs back to Ground News, raising privacy concerns
- High CPU usage when running the extension on any website
- Request for a whitelist functionality instead of a blacklist
- Bugs that prevent saving citations and logging in properly
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Add-on safety
Risk impact
Ground News Bias Checker requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
- Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood
Ground News Bias Checker is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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